Doug DeVinny

2012 RAM Artist Fellowship Winner

Artist Statement
When I began working on images for the show, my intention was to create a body of urban images that evolved from the casual observation of familiar architectural nuance that would become fragmented and stylized. Ideally, these images would create a visual context that would be both familiar but at the same time foreign. Technically, my goal was to create images in both digital as well as in traditional mediums, hoping to allow both the traditional and digital to complement each other. The resultant work satisfies many of my objectives and is visually very much about Racine and a bit of Milwaukee, but from a perspective not singly perceived.

Biography
Born in Montrose, Colorado and received a BA in painting from Colorado State University (1967). After a brief military hiatus and tour of Vietnam, returned to academe, receiving an MFA in printmaking from Indiana University (1972).

Taught in higher education for 40 years at Skidmore College, Indiana University, Mesa State College (Colorado Mesa University) and UW-Parkside.

Moved to Racine from Colorado in 1979, and along with his wife Lana raised three daughters, Erika, Gabby and Alex. Retired from UW-Parkside in the fall of 2009.